Mercosur

• Monday, August 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  China forecasts 64 million tourists in 2010

  China expects to receive 64 million tourists by 2010, which will make her the main tourist destination in the world and the third in revenue, according to a report from China's Nacional Tourism administration.

• Monday, August 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Japanese descendent runs for president in Bolivia

  A Bolivian of Japanese descent was chosen Sunday morning by the centre-right MNR party as its presidential candidate for the December election

• Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Met chief speaks on Menezes killing

  Scotland Yard chief Sir Ian Blair did not know his officers had shot an innocent man until 24 hours after Jean Charles de Menezes was killed.

• Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Menem supporting Cavallo's bid for Congress

  Former Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo confirmed on Saturday that former President Carlos Menem will support his run for Congress, though he denied they were forging an electoral alliance with a view to the October elections.

• Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuba and Panama restore full diplomatic relations

  Cuba and Panama restored Saturday full diplomatic ties in a ceremony attended by presidents Fidel Castro and Martin Torrijos, and witnessed by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

• Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US donates drug control aircrafts to Peru

  Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Friday that United States had donated two aircrafts to help fight drug trafficking.

• Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian political crisis impacts financial markets

  Brazil's orthodox Finance Minister Antonio Palocci was linked to the corruption scandal of the ruling Workers Party by a former aide who claims he received money from a sanitary company when he was mayor of Ribeirao Preto.

• Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Head of Lucsik group and Chile's richest man dies

  Andronico Lucsik, Chile's richest businessman with an estimated fortune of 3,4 billion US dollars, (Forbes magazine), died this week in Santiago at the age of 78.

• Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Carnival launches world's largest cruise vessel

  A jumbo cruise vessel launched in Finland Friday dethroned the “Queen Mary 2” as the largest liner afloat, its manufacturers said.

• Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Career diplomat to replace Noriega

  United States president George Bush named Tom Shannon as the new of the Deputy Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs.